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Kerala is all set for the Indian School Basketball League with a total prize money of Rs 1 lakh which will be awarded to the winners of the State final The leagues will be played over three months and the conclusion at the State level be at Kottayam in Nov 1st week. The league envisages competition between schools at city/state level with the winners moving up to play in the National final to be held later in December

In an effort to uplift basketball from the grass-root level, Basketball Federation of India in collaboration with Kerala Basketball Association on Tuesday 21st September will start at Manachira maidan In Kozhikode and at Sacred Heart CMI Public School in Kochi apart from the centers at Koratty,Kottayam,Thiruvananthapuram.

The idea is to create a structured, self-sustaining, pan-India school league, which will serve as the platform to increase organised basketball participation at grass root level and subsequently as the talent development/feeder system for the Indian national teams.

Apart from Kerala 15 other States are participating in the league which includes Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Gujarat, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram

In Kerala Preliminary round of the tournament will be played at five centers Kochi, Koratty, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram,Kozhikode on a round-robin format, with the Sixteen (16) teams each in boys and girls are divided into four (4) groups of four (4) teams in five centers . Every team will take on its Three (3) opponents twice in its respective group. 2 teams from each group will advance to the final which will be played at Kottayam. The State finals will be played in a knockout format from the Quarter-Finals, Semifinals. Final and Third-Place Game.

THE GROUPINGS

Group A venue – Thiruvanthapuram
Boys – St Josephs HSS Thiruvanthapuram,St Thomas HSS Kozhencherrry,Navajeeevan Betahnay ,Trivandrum
G V Raja Sports School Thiruvanthapuram
Girls – St Gorettis Nalanchira,St Josephs GHS alapuzha,Carmel school Trivandrum,St Marys Pattom

Group B Venue – KE College Mannanam Kottayam
Boys – St Ephremes HSS Mannnanam,Girideepam Bethanny Kottayam,Lourde Public School Kottyam,St Anns HSS Kurianad
Girls – Girideepam Bethanny Kottayam,Mount carmel Kottayam,Vimala Hridaya Kottayam,Lourdes PubSchool kottayam

Group C venue – Sacred Heart CMO Public School Tevara Ernakulum
Boys – St Josephs HSS Pulicunnu,Sacred Heart CMI Pub school Thevara,Chinamaya Vaduthala,Rajagiri Kalamassrry

Group C venue – Manachira Maidan Kozhikode
Girls – Prsentation Kozhikode,providence Kozhikode,St Michaeels HSS Kozhikode,SAI(GVHSS) Thalasserry

Group D venue – Little Flower HSS Koratty Thrissur
Boys – Little Flower HSS Koratty, Shanathal Jyothi Muttam, Silver Hill Kozhikode, MAMHSS Koratty
Girls – Little Flower HSS Koratty, Shanthaljyothi Muttam, Christ Vidyanikethan Irinjalakuda, Choice Tripunithura